Cardgrrl
@cardgrrl.bsky.social
Here since 7/23/2023. Writer, artist, strategist, poker-player. Engaged citizen. Pragmatic idealist. Childless cat lady: I will not obey in advance. Or ever, actually. AVL/WNC. Motto: Joy & Justice. Your vote counts. VOTE VOTE VOTE.
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Cardgrrl
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· Apr 1
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Well. That whole tide turning thing is starting to look even more plausible.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Well. That whole tide turning thing is starting to look even more plausible.
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As a German, I'll never fully understand the Third Reich worship of the American far right.
They do understand that the Third Reich *lost*, right? That the tough, belligerent, ethnically pure master race got thoroughly defeated and its country conquered by a diverse multi-ethnic coalition?
They do understand that the Third Reich *lost*, right? That the tough, belligerent, ethnically pure master race got thoroughly defeated and its country conquered by a diverse multi-ethnic coalition?
there's a strict duology of young right wing physiognomy
if you're a young up and coming fascist, you will either be
1. rosy cheeked cartoon BBQ pig mascot
2. grimacing possessed howdy doody puppet
if you're a young up and coming fascist, you will either be
1. rosy cheeked cartoon BBQ pig mascot
2. grimacing possessed howdy doody puppet
Recent reports have revealed the identity of the staffer behind the Nazi dogwhistles posted on the Dept. of Labor and Dept. of Homeland Security social media pages.
His name is Peyton Rollins.
His name is Peyton Rollins.
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
As a German, I'll never fully understand the Third Reich worship of the American far right.
They do understand that the Third Reich *lost*, right? That the tough, belligerent, ethnically pure master race got thoroughly defeated and its country conquered by a diverse multi-ethnic coalition?
They do understand that the Third Reich *lost*, right? That the tough, belligerent, ethnically pure master race got thoroughly defeated and its country conquered by a diverse multi-ethnic coalition?
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Trump and his MAGA cronies are trying to illegally and unilaterally take money out of the climate bank that I worked to pass into law. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was investing in clean, cheap energy to lower your bills. The courts must stop this brazen heist now.
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Trump and his MAGA cronies are trying to illegally and unilaterally take money out of the climate bank that I worked to pass into law. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was investing in clean, cheap energy to lower your bills. The courts must stop this brazen heist now.
Time to start calling them what they are: concentration camps.
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that ICE has or plans to open more than 150 facilities around the US, in nearly every state, many near major metro areas. @leahfeiger.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Time to start calling them what they are: concentration camps.
The Constitution is now apparently Dead On Arrival.
This shall not stand.
This shall not stand.
Democrats want to require federal law enforcement officials to obtain a judicial warrant before entering private property, but that’s dead on arrival, according to three people close to the administration and a GOP strategist
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The Constitution is now apparently Dead On Arrival.
This shall not stand.
This shall not stand.
What it means to truly be inventive.
The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
What it means to truly be inventive.
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The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
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Prisons are for people who've been CONVICTED of crimes.
Most people in these warehouses - without proper food or sanitation or worse - haven't even been CHARGED with crimes.
And thousands are CHILDREN.
This will be another of America's greatest shames.
Most people in these warehouses - without proper food or sanitation or worse - haven't even been CHARGED with crimes.
And thousands are CHILDREN.
This will be another of America's greatest shames.
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Prisons are for people who've been CONVICTED of crimes.
Most people in these warehouses - without proper food or sanitation or worse - haven't even been CHARGED with crimes.
And thousands are CHILDREN.
This will be another of America's greatest shames.
Most people in these warehouses - without proper food or sanitation or worse - haven't even been CHARGED with crimes.
And thousands are CHILDREN.
This will be another of America's greatest shames.
Donald Trump has never moved faster than 3 miles an hour (under his own power) in his life.
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Donald Trump has never moved faster than 3 miles an hour (under his own power) in his life.
Yes, there *will be* a free and fair General Election. Because we will make sure of it. (And because preventing it is way, way, harder than you think.
Please stop spreading this BS. The last thing we need now is to make people feel helpless and hopeless.
Please stop spreading this BS. The last thing we need now is to make people feel helpless and hopeless.
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Yes, there *will be* a free and fair General Election. Because we will make sure of it. (And because preventing it is way, way, harder than you think.
Please stop spreading this BS. The last thing we need now is to make people feel helpless and hopeless.
Please stop spreading this BS. The last thing we need now is to make people feel helpless and hopeless.
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Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
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LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
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there’s s something about the chat boxes that really rewires people’s brains…at least among my friends who use them, it’s the *first* thing they ask for any question. quite insidious
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
there’s s something about the chat boxes that really rewires people’s brains…at least among my friends who use them, it’s the *first* thing they ask for any question. quite insidious
I'm sorry for her injury.
It also was not a good choice to compete with a destroyed ACL.
It also was not a good choice to compete with a destroyed ACL.
Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery to stabilize a fracture in her left leg after a crash in the women's downhill race, Italian hospital says.
Lindsey Vonn clips gate and crashes in Winter Olympic downhill, taken away by helicopter
Lindsey Vonn's pursuit of a second Olympic downhill gold medal is over. The 41-year-old American, skiing with a badly injured left knee, crashed early in Sunday's race in Italy.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I'm sorry for her injury.
It also was not a good choice to compete with a destroyed ACL.
It also was not a good choice to compete with a destroyed ACL.
Say WHAT?
It is one thing for news organizations to have drafts of obituaries for famous people... This however????? Why would the U.S. Attorneys office have a draft statement like this the DAY BEFORE Epstein's death? www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Say WHAT?
And now we have to make sure they understand that their vote matters and it will count.
Getting a sense that regular people are starting to pay attention to politics in a way I haven't seen in a non-presidential year.
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
And now we have to make sure they understand that their vote matters and it will count.
Democracy is not dead! Every contest matters and every vote counts!
Congratulations to Chasity Verret Martinez on her election to represent House District 60.
She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.
Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos
She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.
Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Democracy is not dead! Every contest matters and every vote counts!
All and more of this!
According to the Louisiana Democratic Party, Chasity Martinez got outpsent by a 3-to-1 margin in tonight's election yet still turned in a 37-point overperformance—and a victory.
Congratulations to Chasity Verret Martinez on her election to represent House District 60.
She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.
Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos
She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.
Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
All and more of this!
This is what is coming and we must do everything in our power to protect and encourage it!
“This district was Trump +13 in 2024. This is a 37 point shift left.” 👀
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is what is coming and we must do everything in our power to protect and encourage it!
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Imagine how allergic to reality you’d have to be to reject every single textbox on a particular subject.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Imagine how allergic to reality you’d have to be to reject every single textbox on a particular subject.
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Never forget why this matters.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Never forget why this matters.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
The young boy with the bunny hat (Liam Conejo Ramos)… has a familial name which means "rabbit" in Spanish.
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The young boy with the bunny hat (Liam Conejo Ramos)… has a familial name which means "rabbit" in Spanish.
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🧵This should be a massive story.
Trump froze $16 billion in infrastructure that will benefit the entire East Coast.
As the NYT reported last week, if Trump doesn't restore that funding, work will stop on the tunnel project between NY and NJ, putting thousands of union workers out of work.
Trump froze $16 billion in infrastructure that will benefit the entire East Coast.
As the NYT reported last week, if Trump doesn't restore that funding, work will stop on the tunnel project between NY and NJ, putting thousands of union workers out of work.
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
edition.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
🧵This should be a massive story.
Trump froze $16 billion in infrastructure that will benefit the entire East Coast.
As the NYT reported last week, if Trump doesn't restore that funding, work will stop on the tunnel project between NY and NJ, putting thousands of union workers out of work.
Trump froze $16 billion in infrastructure that will benefit the entire East Coast.
As the NYT reported last week, if Trump doesn't restore that funding, work will stop on the tunnel project between NY and NJ, putting thousands of union workers out of work.
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The other aspect of this that does not get much attention:
There is a deep grief within all of us women every single time we watch men refuse to hold other men accountable. And it happens over and over and over again, right in front of us. A constant refrain of “we don’t care about you”
There is a deep grief within all of us women every single time we watch men refuse to hold other men accountable. And it happens over and over and over again, right in front of us. A constant refrain of “we don’t care about you”
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The other aspect of this that does not get much attention:
There is a deep grief within all of us women every single time we watch men refuse to hold other men accountable. And it happens over and over and over again, right in front of us. A constant refrain of “we don’t care about you”
There is a deep grief within all of us women every single time we watch men refuse to hold other men accountable. And it happens over and over and over again, right in front of us. A constant refrain of “we don’t care about you”